Author's Notes:

WARNING-THIS CHAPTER SUDDENLY GOES IN 1st PERSON, I WANTED TO TRY WRITING IN THIS POV BECAUSE I STILL CANT MAKE UP MY MIND ON WHICH POV I WANT TO WRITE IN."

PLEASE COMMENT, TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK, POINT OUT MISTAKES AS WELL, THERE IS BOUND TO BE SOME.

Also I don't own the dubstep song, Im sure you all heard it before, it belongs to Skrillex and I make no money off of this story.

The fallen soldier

Chapter 10

Warm welcome

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A plate covered in freshly made scrambled eggs was placed in front of you, a scale covered hand reached back over and handed you a fork. Moments later, you found yourself digging into some delicious scrambled eggs.

You sit at the table in silence, your companion quietly ( or at least trying to ) eat his version of a healthy breakfast, which would be a bowl of emeralds. You remember first seeing Spike eat the precious gems, you were walking to the bathroom when you hear a loud crunch, you stopped and looked in its direction.

You see Spike chewing something, so you pass it off as chips, when you suddenly realized, this place doesn't have chips. You peeked over him and into the bowl in his hand, 7 emeralds lay in the bowl.

You nearly had a heart attack when he reached back inside and shoved one in his mouth. After a brief scuffle of you ripping the bowl from his hands and chewing him out on why he was eating gems,Then came the scolding from Twilight who explained later on that gems were incredibly common.

You could literally walk outside with a shovel and dig several feet underground and you'd probably come across several different gems. Maybe even a diamond!

Now that's a way to make a killer living.

Though, sadly these precious gems have little to no value, either they're given to Rarity for her tailoring store, or they're given to Spike as a quick snack. But even though certain gems are very common, there are some gems that can be considered rare and highly valuable.

Though as much as you'd love to start digging for gems, you still have to be introduced to the town's population. At first you were willing to simply deal with the citizens running away when they saw you, and answering the questions of the brave fellows who would approach you and ask about you themselves.

But then Twilight started talking, and she managed to convince you into revealing yourself in a town meeting. Once you agreed, she immediately set off to meet with the towns mayor.

"So, uh, what do you do for fun Spike?" You ask through a mouthful of eggs.

"I clean." He replies.

"Surely there's more, you seem like a outgoing fellow." You take a sip of water.

"I go outside to hang out with the Cutie Mark Crusaders sometimes." He replies.

"The Cutie Mark Crusaders? Is that some kind of gang of hooligans?"

"I don't think hooligans is what I'd use to describe them, but yeah, somewhere around there." He finishes his bowl of emeralds.

"Hmm."

Spike ends the conversation with a belch of fire, then takes his bowl and disposes of it in the sink. You follow his example not long after, but you actually wash your plate, which apparently greatly surprised him.

"I think you're the first person who isn't Twilight that actually washed their dish while staying here!" He nods in approval.

"You sound like you're kinda overworked here." You dry off your armored hand's.

"On some days, sure, but not everyday." He causally responds.

"Ever think about talking to Twilight about your working hours?" You began drinking more water.

"Meh. I just deal with it mostly."

"Alright then, whatever works for you man." You place your now empty cup on the table and exit the room.

Now in the library, you begin searching the shelves for some reading materials, after searching for a bit you come across a book called, "magic for noobs." The books fancy cover catches your eye and you decide to read it.

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30 minutes later.

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You close the book and let out a exasperated sigh, you just finished reading 37 pages of nonsense. Breathing techniques, basic spells, and some other complicated looking crap that's supposed to be a more simplified ways to cast Amateur spells.

"Concentrate, so the Mana in the air focuses more in your hands? What the hell does that even mean?" You sag into your seat and run your hands down your face while sighing in boredom.

You wished Twilight would hurry up with whatever she was doing, you weren't made to be sitting still like this. You were getting bored and the books here fared no better, you wanted something to do.

And then, like the gods themselves answered your pray, Twilight walked in through the door.

She looked at you and motioned for you to get up and follow her, you do just so and she begins explaining something's. "Alright, I've managed to get everything set up, we have to be in Town Hall in 45 minutes, by then the mayor should have gotten everything set up."

"Alright, what do we do until then?"

"Umm, what do you like to do?"

"I'd like to shoot something." You pull your rifle from your back.

"Um, I'm not really sure about that. How about we survey each other? I really didn't get to learn anything from our visit to your crashed ship before it exploded."

With a disappointed sigh, you place your rifle back on your back, "Yeah I guess I kinda owe you that much, were do you wanna begin?"

You sit down on the couch.

"How about you tell me how you got here?"

"Didn't we already go over this? It's still classified."

"Please!"

"No."

"Please."

"No."

"Please."

"No."

"Please."

"Still no."

"....."

"Fine. I didn't want to do this, but, Anderson look!" She points at a window.

"Hmm, yeah. Not gonna fall for that." You stare at her.

"Fine. How about you just tell me about your suit?" She offered the compromise.

"That's just as classified." You cross your leg over your leg.

"Wow. This isn't gonna get us anywhere. You know what? forget it."

Her hand glowed a light blue and a needle that moved far too fast for a person to physically dodge shot from her hand and directly into your forehead. A sudden wave of dizziness washed over you, You felt your "soldier mode" kick in not long after you shot from the couch, while pulling your handgun from its holster and pointing it in Twilight's direction.

"U Fuckin fucker! What did you do to me!?" Both of your legs completely go numb and you drop to your knees, now on your knees, the rest of your body soon fell after.

As your vision blurred, Twilight looked down at you, she looked pale, her face aghast.

Then, you fell asleep.

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"Anderson! I won't repeat myself again!" The sudden voice came from in front of me.

"Huh? W-what?!" I shot up from the chair I was apparently sitting in.

*Sigh* "Anderson, I'm debriefing the squad on the assignment we're doing. I'd appreciate it if you'd not fall asleep during it."

"Yeah.. Sorry, continue please. I won't fall asleep again." I sat back in the chair and crossed my leg over my other.

The man looked at me before turning to the holographic image on the wall and motioning towards several images of a planet and a space station.

"Yeah, Anyway.. We've lost contact with the space station in orbit of the X-Altos planet, the station is home to a number of experiments, including some that involves mutation and chemical production for military purposes. They've also been testing on some recently discovered alien artifact thats supposed to be a new source of energy."

He pointed at the image of a giant chuck of metal that had strange marking all over it.

"A new energy source? You mean that T-Energy stuff I've been hearing about?" The man next to me spoke.

"No, Thats something's entirely else, though I've heard we already got a station built down there and that several big corporations have already bought their fair share of land on the planet it originated from."

The same man next to me spoke, "so what are we fetching?"

"Ehh... not sure necessarily, the Brass wants to keep what's been done there a secret. After we finish the job their gonna do a memory wipe on all of us and act like it never happened."

The man on my right spoke,"We still get paid right?"

"Yes, we still get paid Jim."

Then the man left of me pointed a thumb at me, "So what's with the AMAHS agent? Is the shit THAT bad?"

"Um.. Not so sure there either, they didn't tell me what we're facing, but what ever it is they consider it bad enough to include an AMAHS agent."

"But regardless.. I'll introduce you guys to each other."

He pointed to the guy on the left of me, "That's tony, our tech specialist."

He pointed to the guy on the right of me, "That's Jimmy, he's our extra gunner."

He pointed to me, "Thats Anderson, he's a AMAHS agent."

He pointed to himself, "I'm Lewis, I'm squad leader."

Jimmy spoke, "why isn't Anderson squad leader? He's a freaking AMAHS agent!"

Lewis scratched his head, "Anderson stepped down from leading and let me do it."

Lewis pressed a button on the wall and the holographic images shut off. He turned and faced the three of us, "alrighty, The brass hired you two to lend a helping hand, you do just that and after this you'll wake up in your bed with an extra 50,000 credits in your account." He motioned for us to follow him before walking out the door.

Jimmy, Tony and I stood from our chairs and followed after him, as I walked ahead of the two they discreetly rushed to catch up. After weaving our way through the busy corridor of the military ship, we came across Lewis in the armory.

He motioned for the other two men to follow him before telling me to go to the room across the current room we were in. I nodded and left the room, crossing the busy corridor into the room opposite of the armory.

The room held a bunch of equipment that only AMAHS agents or guys with EVA suits could use. I spent some time equipping myself with the basic necessities for a EVA mission.

Jetpack, because I'm going in space.

A simple carbine.

My backup firearm, the Sas-24.

Plasma pistol MK5.

Plasma sword.

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One of the added benefits of being promoted to AMAHS rank was how easy it was to make my way from the armory and into the public area of the ship. The sight of my armor made every soldier move out of my way while saluting. And every civilian was practically pushing each other to just get out of my walking path!

I sighed at the unwanted attention before spotting the bright BAR sign hanging over a doorless doorway. Calmly walking through the crowd I stepped into the busy bar and looked around. The loud and busy atmosphere gave me an uneasy feeling.

"Bring the helmet up." Whirring noises confirmed my command and the helmet quickly formed around my head.

For a second all I saw was black before the visor clicked itself on and initiated the HUD. The face recognition software marked the location of my squad, when the drunk-ish civilians finally noticed my presence in the bar everything got quiet instantly.

Lewis noticed this and quickly commanded Jimmy and Tony to stop doing what they were doing and get ready. Jimmy chugged the rest of his drink and Tony just got slapped by a woman.

My best guess was he insulted her, or he really sucks at flirting.

Probably the second...

Once they concluded their business they paid their bill and walked over to me. Jimmy whistled as soon as he was in talking distance, "Damn that suit makes you look menacing as hell! You would never guess there's a human inside there!"

He gave a hearty laugh and slapped me on the back as he walked past me, "I'm going to start calling you Tin Man!" Tony and Lewis shrugged and followed after him.

I shrugged as well and followed, Lewis stepped next to me and explained were we're going, "We're reporting to the docking area now.. We're being commissioned a familiar vessel, that's equipped with ammo and medical supplies incase of... Well shit! I don't even know!" He smiled lamely.

I stared at him.

"Uh.. Yeah.. Silent treatment eh? It's cool, I know what you've been through Anderson, we've fought together before." He ceased talking and whistled the rest of the walk through the public area and stopped once we eventually entered the docking zone.

Lewis jogged ahead the rest of us and talked to a man who was guiding civilians into and from their ships. The man tried to talk and signal civilians, but instead just pointed at what I'm guessing was our spaceship.

It was the Exclaimer, that's what Lewis and I named it after we tagged along the missions the ship was included in. It was a hearty vessel and packed the firepower of a angry grandma with a cane.... that had several large mini guns attached to it

Lewis nodded and thanked the man (hopefully) before signaling the rest of us over to the ship.

Jimmy, Tony and I made our way through the busy crowd and over to the ship were we met up with Lewis along the way. Once in range, Luke jumped onto the entrance door platform and began talking to us.

"Alright guys! This is our ride there and back." He pressed a button and the airlock opened revealing the entrance part of the ship. "Make your selves comfortable! We've got a trip ahead of us."

We all walked inside the ship and waited as the door behind us closed and sealed, the next door opened and revealed the large-ish engine that powered the ship.

"Crew quarters are the door on the left, make yourselves comfortable!"

"You've said that twice." Tony pointed out in a matter of fact tone.

"Er.. Yeah I did, good observation smart ass, Moving on, I'll be piloting this bad boy so if you need me just find the flight deck. Until then.. Get your guns, load your magazines, and be ready in half an hour. No questions? good! Your dismissed." He walked out of the chamber we were in and turned right, disappearing behind a door.

Jimmy smacked Tony's back and said, "Come on bruh! Let's get prepped and catch some quick z's." Tony nodded in agreement and the two walked off, leaving me alone.

The room was quiet until the engine suddenly roared to life, the damn thing was so loud I could barely hear my own thoughts. Even with the helmet still on, it didn't do much at silencing the sound, mainly because I was currently in the heart of it.

Taking a page from Jimmy's book, I left the room and went to the Crew Cabin. The room was much more quiet and calming, there were bunk beds lined against the wall and several rectangular shaped tables, and even a small plasma screen built in the wall itself.

Jimmy and Tony were sitting at a table checking their gear. Both men had a T-23 shotgun and was loading shells into their respective magazines. Both acknowledged my presence with a quick nod before returning to their weapons.

I realized that while I had my guns, I completely forgot to grab any ammunition. This would've gotten me killed if I was on the battlefield, but you ignore your lack of attention when it came to grabbing ammunition and instead started grabbing ammunition.

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The table was covered in all sorts of varied ammunition, 12 fully loaded 5.66mm magazines, 25 plasma battery's, and 4 extra magazines for your backup gun.

I had to strap on some holders for all the ammo, Ceramic belts for the 12 5.66mm magazines, But the plasma pistol had a very specially designed holder for its mags, a flexible-ish belt which would hang from my ceramic belt (which is wrapped around my waist,) it would use a metallic spring to force a new battery into the position in which I would then unclip and reload said plasma gun. And loading the plasma belt would be like loading a handgun Magazine, put one battery in, push down, put another battery in.. Repeat process until full.

You finished loading yourself up and decided to sleep until you arrived at your location.

"Hey guys! Grab something! We've got a Hyper-jump hole that appeared near us! This ship wasn't built for Hyper-jumps!... I'm getting gravity readings! We're getting sucked in!.... Shit!" His voice cut off when a large chunk of the wall was suddenly ripped off the ship.

My immediate reaction was to jump behind the nearest table and hold on for dear life. I relaxed enough to look over at Tony and Jimmy and watch them rush to grab some oxygen masks, Tony made it half way before he was ripped off his feet and sent flying into the giant Hyper-jump hole. Jimmy was slightly more lucky and managed to grab a mask and a secure pole.

"Shit! Tony..." His voice died mid sentence and he just stared out the giant hole in the ship.

Lewis's voice came from what was left of the speakers, "Shit! I'm sorry guys.. The ship wasn't built for this.. Half the engines just gave out... We're going in..." His voice was filled with sorrow.

I didn't have time to pity the man before the loud creaking of ripping metal set all mental alarms off. The table that held me in place flew from its position and took me with it, the feeling of being sucked into the Hyper-jump hole filled me with a sense of dread.

In that same instant I raised my hand and grabbed whatever chunk of the metal I could, I slowly began pulling myself back inside the ship. At this point we were so dangerously close to being sucked in. But with a final exert of stamina and strength, I pulled myself into the ships new doorway.

The most I could do was lean my back against the wall and hope for the best.

Then the whole world went black.

You woke with a killer migraine, it felt like someone just finished probing your head. And that's because someone literally just finished probing your head. You remember Twilight, and shoot from the bed you're laying on.

In which you trip over a unconscious Twilight, she groans as your armored foot connects with her stomach and sends you sprawling to the floor. You slam your head against the wooden floor and let loose a groan of pain.

Your arms work their way beneath you and lift your from the ground, you carefully make your way back onto your feet, you were still kind of dizzy and you felt like you would pass out if you exerted yourself much more.

You look at Twilight and frown, you were too tired to deal with her at the moment. You needed something to suppress the head pain, your healing factor couldn't fix this, this didn't feel like any kind of physical damage to your head.

You stumble your way towards the door and try opening it, your hand doesn't respond correctly and instead decided to grab the door, which fails. You try again and get better results, you twist the knob and make your way up the stairs, Twilight apparently brought you down to her basement.

Opening a final door you walk into Twilight's library's, the room was pitch black and you couldn't see a thing, "how long did she keep me down there?" You ask yourself.

"Helmet up, initiate Nightvis-"

"SURPRISE!!!!" The room was filled with a blinding light, your eyes wasn't ready for the light and you were blinded for a few seconds.

When your vision cleared you found yourself surrounded by townsfolk, a large banner was hanging down from the wall, it read, "WELCOME TO EQUESTRIA ANDERSON!!!"

You couldn't begin to form a coherent sentence, Pinkie didn't give you time too anyway. Within seconds she was in your face asking if you enjoyed the surprise party.

"Well did ya!?!? Huh!? Tell me!? Did you!?" She smiled a wide infectious smile.

""what the hell?

She continued staring at you.

You gulp, what the hell is wrong with this town? First your head gets probed by a librarian, then you're thrown a party immediately afterwords? What the fucking hell is going on!?

You needed a drink. BAD.

"Yeah Pinkie!" You put on your best smile. "I love it, but do you happen to have any alcoholic beverages? Preferably whiskey?"

Pinkie slyly smiles, "oh you party animal you!" She pulls a bottle of Applejack Daniels from her poofy hair and hands it to you.

"Now don't get to crazy!" She wags her finger at you and bounces off to converse with some other party attendees.

You look at the bottle in your hands, you couldn't tell if it was cold through you armored hands, but you really didn't care. You found a secluded area in the library and sat down, you open the bottle and begin drinking it contents.

You didn't feel like toying with the drink, so you simply drank from the bottle itself. After drinking 4/6 of the bottle, you felt the slight buzz coming on. You weren't going to drink yourself into a stupor, so you closed the bottle. But, now with a slight buzz, and enough built up anger to takedown a army, you found yourself eager to let off some steam.

You stood up and began looking around, party goers were having drinks and chatting with each other. You spotted a DJ manning her station, her hair caught your eye, but her DJ stand caught your interest.

You made your way through the crowd and eventually reached your goal. The DJ had a pair of cool looking sunglasses stuck to her face, you waved at her, she notices you and presses some buttons on her stand to make the music loop itself.

"How can I help you man!?" She yelled over the music.

"Wait? Are you the guy we're throwing this welcome party for?"

"Yeah! But would you mind allowing me to play some of my own songs?!" You have to yell at her so she can hear you over the roaring of music.

"I don't know man! How would you even play them?"

"Bluetooth!"

"What is that?!" She asks.

Did she really not know? Her DJ'Ing stand had a signal for Bluetooth.

"It's a short range wireless signal for interconnection of electronic devices! Do you understand what I'm saying?"

She nods, "I get it man! But if it's okay with you, I'd like to hear some of these first!"

"Of course!"

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSeNSzJ2-Jw

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"Wow!" She pulls her headphones from her ears and nods in approval.

"It would be a crime against Wubs if I didn't play these songs! Knock yourself out man!"

She backs up and let's you get the music going, you connect your suit with her DJ stand, but more specifically, her stereo set. After words you change the song to fit your own standards, the library goes quiet, and the crowd silences, then your own song kicks in and the crowd starts going back to normal.

You stand back and admire the crowd in approval, they've started dancing to the song.

The DJ walks beside you and starts talking, "I've never seen these residents get so rowdy! I'm Vinyl by the way! Vinyl Scratch!" She sticks her hand out.

You shake her hand, "Nice to meet you Vinyl! I'm Anderson! Scott Anderson! "

She smiles, "I think this is gonna be the start of a beautiful friendship!"

You smile in return, "I agree! "

This has been one hell of a welcoming party. But you really didn't care, you made a new friend and you discovered this place does in fact have alcohol. Now, has for Twilight, you'll deal with that later.

You pull out your bottle of Applejack Daniels, and finish what remained of the bottle. Pinkie appeared and gave you several more bottles as a "welcoming gift" since you seemed to enjoy it so much.

You drank the night away.